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Our Wellbeing, Our Voice Campaign

We are calling on the government to implement a national wellbeing measurement programme to address the needs of children and young people across England.

Graphic reads "Our Wellbeing Our Voice - Act now to measure young people's wellbeing across the country" and a megaphone

Campaign partners

Fair Education Alliance Logo
The Children's Society Logo
Colourful #BeeWell Logo - picture of a head with a brain and arms wrapped around it
Pro Bono Economics Logo

 “Measuring the wellbeing of young people nationally is a critical and necessary step towards understanding and improving the future of our country”

Henry, #BeeWell Youth Steering Group Member

“A national wellbeing measure would provide the insights required to shape policies that genuinely reflect young people’s realities”

Mark Russell, CEO, The Children’s Society

“How do you have
a children’s wellbeing bill without any attempt to measure their wellbeing
across the country? There is a lot to welcome in the Bill but this gap is a
fundamental flaw"

Lord Gus O'Donnell, Former Cabinet Secretary 

“Without wellbeing, we're not going to get academic success"

Sue Watmough, Headteacher, Manchester Communication Academy

The campaign so far

megaphone graphic in coral and pink
megaphone graphic in coral and pink
megaphone graphic in coral and pink
megaphone graphic in coral and pink
megaphone graphic in coral and pink
megaphone graphic in coral and pink

January 2025 - Amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill tabled

Munira Wilson MP for Twickenham tabled an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill calling for national children and young people’s wellbeing measurement, supported by the Our Wellbeing Our Voice coalition.

January 2025 - Written and oral evidence given to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill committee

Mark Russell, CEO of The Children’s Society presented evidence to the Bill committee, calling for national wellbeing measurement. Anne Longfield CBE, Executive Chair of Centre for Young Lives and Dr Carol Homden CBE, CEO of Coram also made the case for a measurement programme. To further support discussion, we submitted written evidence to the committee.

January 2025 - Submission to the 2025 Comprehensive Spending Review

We submitted a bid to HM Treasury’s spending review, demonstrating how wellbeing measurement would support the Government’s missions.

January 2025 - Economic Analysis from Pro Bono Economics shows the economic benefits of improving children's wellbeing 

Young people in the UK have the lowest wellbeing in Europe. New economic analysis shows that closing the wellbeing gap between young people in the UK and the Netherlands would provide around £82 billion in wellbeing benefits every year.

January 2025 - National Wellbeing Measurement raised in the House of Commons during the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Second Reading debate

Victoria Collins MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted asked "So, would the Secretary of State consider a national wellbeing measurement to help look at those and really look at how we can improve the wellbeing of our children?” - Read more in Children & Young People Now

December 2024 - The 'Our Wellbeing, Our Voice' Coalition respond to the publication of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

We published a joint response to the Bill, welcoming the Bill but calling for a wellbeing measurement programme to be introduced as an amendment as it progresses. 

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